noun
jaegers and skuas:
• Syn: ↑family Stercorariidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lari, ↑suborder Lari
• Member Meronyms: ↑jaeger, ↑Stercorarius, ↑genus Stercorarius, ↑Catharacta, ↑genus Catharacta
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\\ˌstərkərəˈrīəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Stercorarius, type genus (from Latin stercorarius stercoral, from stercor-, stercus excrement + -arius -ary) + New Latin -idae
: a family of long-winged sea birds (suborder Lari) comprising the jaegers and skuas and being sometimes ranked as a subfamily of Laridae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.